FA Challenge Trophy | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | England Guernsey Wales |
Teams | 276 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cambridge United (1st title) |
Runner-up | Gosport Borough |
The 2013–14 FA Trophy was the 44th season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. A total of 276 clubs entered the competition, [1] which was won by Cambridge United, who beat Gosport Borough 4–0 in front of 18,120 spectators at Wembley. [2]
Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round | Prize money |
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Preliminary round | 5 October 2013 | 64 | 276 → 212 | 128 | £2,500 |
First round qualifying | 19 October 2013 | 72 | 212 → 140 | 80 | £2,700 |
Second round qualifying | 2 November 2013 | 36 | 140 → 104 | none | £3,250 |
Third round qualifying | 16 November 2013 | 40 | 104 → 64 | 44 | £4,000 |
First round proper | 30 November 2013 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 24 | £5,000 |
Second round proper | 14 December 2013 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none | £6,000 |
Third round proper | 11 January 2014 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none | £7,000 |
Fourth round proper | 1 February 2014 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none | £8,000 |
Semi-finals | 15 February and 22 February 2014 | 2 | 4 → 2 | none | £16,000 |
Final | 23 March 2014 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none | Runner-up £25,000 Winner £50,000 |
Ties will be played on 5 October 2013. [5]
† – After extra time
Ties will be played on 19 October 2013. Teams from Premier Division of Southern League, Northern Premier League and Isthmian League entered in this round. [6]
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† – After extra time
Ties will be played on 2 November 2013 [7]
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† – After extra time
Ties will be played on 16 November 2013. This round is the first in which Conference North and South teams join the competition. [8]
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Ties will be played on 30 November 2013. This round is the first in which Conference Premier teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System. [9]
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Ties will be played on 14 December 2013. [10]
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Ties will be played on 11 January 2014. [11]
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Cambridge United | 2–2 | Luton Town | 3,194 |
replay | Luton Town | 0–1 | Cambridge United | 2,312 |
2 | Aldershot Town | 3–0 | Guiseley | 1,632 |
3 | Hungerford Town | 0–1 | Gosport Borough | 384 |
4 | Eastleigh | 3–2 | Dover Athletic | 368 |
5 | Tamworth | 1–1 | Chorley | 1,209 |
replay | Chorley | 2–2† | Tamworth | 1,393 |
Tamworth advance 6–5 on penalty kicks. | ||||
6 | Lincoln City | 0–4 | North Ferriby United | 2,037 |
7 | Grimsby Town | 2–1 | Maidenhead United | 1,623 |
8 | Havant & Waterlooville | 1–0 | Ebbsfleet United | 709 |
† – After extra time
Ties will be played on 1 February 2014.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Havant & Waterlooville | 4–1 | Aldershot Town | 1,125 |
2 | Eastleigh | 0–1 | Cambridge United | 757 |
3 | North Ferriby United | 1–2 | Gosport Borough | 398 |
4 | Grimsby Town | 4–1 | Tamworth | 2,795 |
† – After extra time
Havant & Waterlooville (6) | 1–1 | Gosport Borough (6) |
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Ciardini 59' | Sills 47' |
Cambridge United (5) | 2–1 | Grimsby Town (5) |
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Bird 20', 53' | John-Lewis 90+4' |
Gosport Borough (6) | 2–0 | Havant & Waterlooville (6) |
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Sills 45', 60' |
Grimsby Town (5) | 1–1 | Cambridge United (5) |
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Neilson 42' | Bird 8' |
Gosport Borough (6) | 0–4 | Cambridge United (5) |
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Report |
Bird 39' Donaldson 50', 60' Berry 77' ( pen.) |